Mick McCarthy´s career in pictures

Mick McCarthy has been appointed Republic of Ireland coach for the second time.

The former Millwall, Sunderland, Wolves and Ipswich boss returns to the post he held between 1996 and 2002 as he succeeds Martin O’Neill in the Ireland hot seat.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at the 59-year-old’s career in pictures.

McCarthy, right, began his playing career with hometown club Barnsley (PA Archive)

After four years at Manchester City, McCarthy joined Celtic in 1987 and won three trophies in two years with the Hoops (PA Archive)

Wolves spent three seasons in the Premier League, during which time McCarthy came up against the man he has replaced as Ireland manager, Martin O´Neill, who was then in charge of Aston Villa (Nick Potts/PA)

McCarthy was sacked by Wolves in February 2012 after a run that brought just one win in 13 matches (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

McCarthy took charge of Ipswich in November 2012 with the club bottom of the Championship standings (Gareth Fuller/PA)

McCarthy kept Ipswich up in his first year and led them to the Championship play-offs in 2015, where they lost in the semi-finals to bitter rivals Norwich (Stephen Pond/PA)

Ipswich were the victims of an FA Cup upset in January 2017 after losing their third-round replay at non-league Lincoln (Mike Egerton/PA)

McCarthy resigned as Ipswich boss in April 2018 after almost six years in charge(Chris Radburn/PA)